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Google is shutting down its dark web report feature, which was intended to scan the dark web for your personal information. The company said it wasn't useful enough, and starting in February 2026, dark web reports will no longer be accessible.

Waze is great for shaving minutes off your commute and avoiding those pesky speed traps, but it’s always been just a few steps behind Google Maps. One small feature that can be surprisingly helpful is traffic light icons along your route. Waze may finally be getting this feature, too.

iRobot, maker of Roomba robot vacuums, is making some big changes to stay in business. The company has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, and it plans to be fully acquired by Picea Robotics.

It’s easy to forget that Nissan was an early trailblazer in both EVs and advanced driver-assist systems. The original Leaf hit the market in 2011 as one of the first affordable, mass-produced electric cars, and ProPilot Assist arrived in 2016 as one of the earliest widely available auto-steering systems.

Ubuntu Studio, a Linux distribution meant for creative work, is showing off a new layout for its desktop experience and also asking whether the default layout should be changed. The poll results will affect how the upcoming Ubuntu Studio 26.04 LTS release will look when you first install it.

I have a lot of Windows PCs in my life. Some are dedicated to work, others run media servers around the house, and one of my favorites is an old machine I turned into a retro gaming arcade cabinet. When you manage that many systems, you end up collecting all kinds of utilities over the years. My toolbox is full of apps for repairs, maintenance, diagnostics, and the usual experiments that come with being a lifelong tinkerer.

KolibriOS is an open-source project that brings you an entire operating system in just over a megabyte. The operating system has a graphical interface and lots of neat utilities and games. Let's boot into it.

Are you weighing buying a new car or more RAM for your NAS? Maybe not, but it feels like it these days. Your NAS likely needs less RAM than you think it does—here’s how to figure out just how much RAM your NAS actually needs.

Have you noticed that you're getting better at using Linux? Everyone learns at their own pace, but if you've been using Linux for a while, here are the five signs that prove you're starting to become an advanced user.

The holiday season brings a festive dose of gift-giving, party hosting, and much-needed vacations. If you are traveling at the end of the year or around New Year's, I recommend getting on board with my obsession: real-time flight tracking.

Are you staring at the Linux Mint download page wondering which edition to choose? Do terms like Cinnamon, Xfce, and MATE feel confusing? Here are the honest pros and cons of each desktop environment so you can choose confidently.

People buy Apple products for many reasons, but they stick around because of the ecosystem. Thing is, Android has an ecosystem that is just as complete and just as good. One could even say there is a vast galaxy of Android-powered Samsung devices that provide the same kind of integration we've come to expect from Apple products.

Paramount+ subscribers are almost spoiled for choice when it comes to its library of crowd-pleasing blockbusters. For this week, and since we're edging closer to the holidays, I've been in the mood for huge popcorn flicks that are easy to watch.

I’ve been using iTerm2 ever since I discovered there was a better alternative to macOS’s built-in Terminal.app. But I didn’t pay it much mind beyond that: after all, if it ain’t broke...

As we inch closer and closer to the big day of presents—I mean, family, love, togetherness, and all that good stuff—we also inch closer to more time off to do what we entertainment nerds love to do most, which is consume. This week, we’re taking in a mouthful, so be sure to work up an appetite.

You've probably written dozens of Bash scripts by now. You may have used grep in a conditional statement or sed to transform small blocks of text inline. What if I told you that's incredibly inefficient? Bash provides built-in utilities to handle these cases, but they're infrequently utilized, so let's fix that.

In the smart homes of the future, we were promised that everything would be automated. Today, there are robot vacuums to clean your floors and smart locks that secure your residence without a key—so why should you still be manually operating your blinds?

I don't even want to think about how much money I've spent on gaming headsets over the years. The answer is way too much, and all because it took me far too long to give up.

While I've tried the alternatives, I always seem to come back to good old Plex, but as the years have gone by, the pressure to pay has increased. I managed to resist, but recently, out of pure frustration, I put down for a month of premium Plex, and there's no going back.

I can't be too hard on Adobe Creative Cloud. It gave us an affordable and legal way to access tools like Premiere and Photoshop with ongoing support and updates. Before, the upfront cost for these apps was enormous, and you had to pay up all over again when a new version shipped anyway. If you use Creative Cloud to make money, it's also a legitimate business expense–and a fairly-priced one at that.